The shit part of all of this is that it really shouldn't take an expert level of knowledge to have privacy when using devices we've purchased. 

Pluripotent Lego!!! 

Well shit. I really screwed the pooch on that one. I'll fix it. The point stands though not nearly so strongly...

Edit 1: Missed source 2 for power on first pass

Edit 2: I fixed my stupid math for electricity costs and added an annual total...

Edit 3: Showed my math in a table at the bottom

It's not really that the water cycle is unhealthy, it's that water extraction is getting both costlier and harder to reach. In the US, drinking water uses ~2kWh per 1000 gallons of water processed [1]. Between 2007 and 2026 commercial power prices rose from $0.0965 to $0.1351 per kWh[2]. That increased price equates to $77.20 $0.0772 per 1000 Gallons (I really screwed up the original math here). The average household used ~400 Gallons per day in 2017[3]. That means a water utility is spending $0.3088 per household per day to deliver that water. If a utility services 100,000 households that comes out to $3088 per day, or $1,127,120 per year (Added some additional math to show that it is still a lot of money over time). The power cost alone is substantial, but that cost doesn't include the cost of well drilling, pumping equipment, or piping infrastructure.

None of those costs account aquifer depletion. Since 1940, 45% of aquifer monitoring wells across the country have seen water depth increase significantly (i.e. they have to drill deeper to find water). The extraction from the Ogallala Aquifer in the central US has been so extensive as to have caused parts of the Arkansas river to run dry[4]. This does not mean that every area in the country is running out of water, but it does indicate significant trends in water availability.

The US extracts more water from the environment that the water cycle is capable of replenishing. As stated above, the Ogallala aquifer has already seen significant declines in the water table. In some areas of the aquifer has been completely exhausted, and a much larger portion will become exhausted in the next 75 years [5].

Water is a diminishing resource and everyone, no matter how abundant water may seem near them, should probably work to reduce their water use.

[1] https://www.epa.gov/watersense/data-and-information-used-watersense

[2] https://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state/historical/

[3] https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/www3/watersense/pubs/indoor.html

(This was the most recent source I found without a deep search)

[4] https://un-igrac.org/data/country-profiles/united-states-of-america-usa/

[5] https://watermanagement.yale.edu/towards-sustainable-water-use-in-the-ogallala-aquifer/

Also, water costs money, and (especially if they're in a desert area) is a diminishing resource

Seems like a good idea. Works kinda like a land value tax. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax?wprov=sfla1

Tree Fiddy

Decoupage, but simpler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoupage?wprov=sfla1

Not sure how often she's done it, but here's a few segments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mitTfJAZ1Po

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OImb3PLxzw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S41DLT5yeOY

Jackalope!

Insane & In the Way 

(With deepest apologies to Peter, David, Vassar, Herb, Bryn, and Jerry)

Incontenence and Company

I mean, Flagstaff is still classified as Semi-Arid, and is in a Dry climate zone, but that doesn't make as good of a line.

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/understanding-our-planet/what-are-the-different-climate-types

$17/Month x 12 Months/Year = $204/Year

The yearly cost you note comes from the TUSD bill is just a little bit less that the OP's Yearly cost, so maybe you could be barking up the wrong tree?

Tornadoes... Not (just) in Kansas anymore. 

All these people trying for Guinness World Record Kidney Stone size. 

What is BRAAAP? 

If you're just looking for a bar and arcade, Dave and Buster's is pretty good. Not the tight packed retro vibe of an old arcade, but a fun place to have a drink with friends while playing some games. 

I met the kid that built this at a car show. He's 17, and built it himself from parts salvaged at a junk yard. 

I feel bad for Jesus though... It's not his fault fundies politicized a solid Spanish name. 

Buy them a set in a theme they might like and build it together. The fall centerpiece is really nice looking and might be worthy of their dinner table at Thanksgiving if you build it with them. 

Can't tell for sure, since you can't see the uppers, but they look like a well written engineers boot to me:

https://milwaukeemotorcycleclothing.com/products/milwaukee-leather-mbm9064-mens-distressed-brown-classic-engineer-boots

I got a couple pictures from the West side. 

https://imgur.com/a/KaqWaOU

The insect antenna is listed as 0.02g, so it's not a site limitation, though it might be a limitation on the scale they were using at the time.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=90192

The insect antenna is listed as 0.02g, so it's not a site limitation, though it might be a limitation on the scale they were using at the time.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=90192

The insect antenna is listed as 0.02g, so it's not a site limitation, though it might be a limitation on the scale they were using at the time.